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Field
Business
Review of Business Studies unit standards
Subfield
Business Operations and
Development
Domain
Business Studies
ID
22857-22863
NZQA National Qualifications Services has completed the review of the unit standards
listed above.
Date new achievement standards published
November 2011
Planned review date
December 2014
Summary
The Ministry of Education advised its intention to develop achievement standards at Level
3 for Business Studies. The existing Level 3 unit standards were examined for potential
duplication with the achievement standards. All the unit standards except for unit standard
25424 were judged to duplicate the outcomes recognised by the new achievement
standards. Unit standard 25424 was therefore excluded from the review.
Stakeholders were consulted, including within the secondary sector and tertiary providers
who had reported assessment results for any of the standards.
Main changes
As a result of duplication identified by this review:
 unit standard 22857 was replaced by achievement standard 91382
 unit standard 22858 was replaced by both achievement standards 91379 and 91380
 unit standard 22859 was replaced by achievement standard 91383
 unit standards 22860 and 22861 were jointly replaced by achievement standard 91381
 unit standards 22862 and 22863 were jointly replaced by achievement standard 91384.
Impact on Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR)
(Formerly known as AMAP)
All new achievement standards have been registered on CMR 0233.
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Impact of changes on NCEA Exclusions List
For transition purposes, the following exclusions will apply for new achievement standards.
New achievement standard
91379, 91380
91381
91382
91383
91384
Replaced unit standard
22858
22860, 22861
22857
22859
22862, 22863
Review Categories and changes to classification, title, level, and credits
The following summary shows the changes made to the standards as a result of the
review. All changes are in bold. Where a new or a new version of an externally assessed
achievement standard is registered, the following designation appears after the title
[Externally Assessed].
Key to review category
A
B
C
D
Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new
version number
Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID
and a new version number
Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID
Standard will expire and not be replaced
Category C unit standards will expire at the end of
December 2012
Business > Business Operations and Development > Business Studies
ID
Title
Level Credit
22857
91382
22858
91379
91380
22859
91383
Analyse a marketing issue in a business
organisation and evaluate potential solutions
Develop a marketing plan for a new or existing
product
Evaluate the impact of change on business
organisations' operations and strategic objectives
Demonstrate understanding of how internal
factors interact within a business that
operates in a global context [Externally
Assessed]
Demonstrate understanding of strategic
response to external factors by a business
that operates in a global context [Externally
Assessed]
Analyse a human resource management issue in
a business organisation and evaluate potential
solutions
Analyse a human resource issue affecting
businesses
3
3
3
6
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
Review
Category
C
C
C
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ID
Title
Level Credit
22860
Analyse a production process issue in a business
organisation and evaluate potential solutions
Analyse stakeholder conflict in a business
organisation and evaluate potential solutions
Apply business knowledge to address a
complex problem(s) in a given global
business context [Externally Assessed]
Plan for an ongoing complex business activity
Carry out a planned ongoing complex business
activity
Carry out, with consultation, an innovative
and sustainable business activity
Investigate the exporting potential of a New
Zealand business in a market, with
consultation
3
3
Review
Category
C
3
3
C
3
4
3
3
4
8
3
9
3
3
22861
91381
22862
22863
91384
91385
C
C
New
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